Mental Actions

Edited by Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou

Mental Actions

Edited by Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou

Description

This volume investigates the neglected topic of mental action, and shows its importance for the metaphysics, epistemology, and phenomenology of mind. Twelve specially written essays address such questions as the following: Which phenomena should we count as mental actions--imagining, remembering, judging, for instance? How should we explain our knowledge of our mental actions, and what light does that throw on self-knowledge in general? What contributions do mental actions make to our consciousness? What is the relationship between the voluntary and the active, in the mental sphere? What are the similarities and differences between mental and physical action, and what can we learn about each from the other?

Mental Actions

Edited by Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou

Author Information

Lucy O'Brien is Reader in Philosophy at University College London.

Matthew Soteriou is Lecturer in Philosophy at Warwick University.

Contributors:

Thomas Crowther, Heythrop College, University of London Fabian Dorsch, University of Fribourg, Switzerland John Gibbons, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Pamela Hieronymi, University of California, Los Angeles Al Mele, Florida State University Thomas Pink, King's College London Lucy O'Brien, University College London Brian O'Shaughnessy, King's College London David Owens, University of Sheffield Christopher Peacocke, Columbia University Joëlle Proust, Institut Nicod Matthew Soteriou, Warwick University

Mental Actions

Edited by Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou

Reviews and Awards

"Turning now to assess the collection as a whole, I would say that it certainly succeeds in demonstrating the interest of the topic of mental action, and in opening a large number of fruitful lines of inquiry.... Soteriou gives a meticulous overview in his Introduction.... This is a volume that genuinely breaks new ground, and one that will be of broad interest to philosophers of mind, action theorists, and moral psychologists."--Matthew Boyle, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews